Initially when we began looking at the Hannah Graham abduction we focused on the background of suspect Jesse Matthew, one thing stuck out – the known events fit an eerily similar profile of other missing young women.
Knowing that Jesse Matthew’s first rape victim was in 2002 at Liberty University, when you begin to assemble a timeline of missing women a pattern emerges along State Road 29 in Virginia.
Yesterday Virginia law enforcement indicated that Jesse Matthews was forensically tied to a 2009 rape and murder of Morgan Harrington. Additionally, the DNA evidence from the Harrington murder connects to an unsolved 2005 rape case in Fairfax, VA.
2005 Rape Suspect Composite – – – 2010 Jesse Matthew (W/O Dred locks)
Pausing for a moment, and just connecting the known Matthews’ cases he is directly attached to, you can see how the initial confirmations look:
2002 Jesse Matthew allege rape at Liberty University. Charges dropped by student victim.
2005 Jesse Matthew (DNA profile) rape – unsolved – 26-year-old (Fairfax Virginia).
2009 Jesse Matthew DNA from 2005 rape ties to Morgan Harrington Abduction/Murder
2014 Jesse Matthew attached to Hannah Graham abduction.
That give us approximately a span of 12 years for recently discovered and confirmed associations of Jesse Matthew to sexual assault and/or abduction/murder, in the Virginia area.
Now two questions:
#1. What are the odds these are the only four victims in those twelve years?
#2. What are the odds he would wait so long between victims?
Widening the scope per se’ there are other missing women: All within that timeframe; all in essentially the same geography; all fitting an almost identical victim profile; and all tracking down State Road 29 in Virginia.
2009 – Cassandra Morton, 23, abducted/missing October 2009
2010 – Samantha Clarke, 19, abducted/missing Sept 2010 (*Randy Allen Taylor)
2011 – Lauren Susann Smith, 24, abducted/missing Nov 2011
2012 – Heather Hodges, 22, abducted/missing April 2012
2012 – DaShad Laquinn Smith, 19, abducted/missing Nov 2012
2013 – Alexis Murphy, 17, abducted/missing Aug 2013 (*Randy Allen Taylor)
2013 – Jamisha Gilbert, 17, abducted/missing Nov 2013
Charlottesville (UVA – Hannah Graham) on the North, former university (Liberty University) about mid-way, and Roanoke to the south.
All forming a natural corridor with SR-29 and I-81 forming the eastern and western boundaries. Along with the Shenandoah Valley, there is The Blue Ridge Parkway, Trail, and surrounding mountains providing an easy place to find relative obscurity and quiet.
An example connection also referenced by “CM” which I find highly possible.
Here are the pictures of Jesse Matthew’s Car:
That’s a pretty distinctive color. “BURNT ORANGE”
Now Look at the CCTV still shot from the 2013 abduction case of 17-year-old Alexis Murphy:
That is the last known picture of Alexis as she was leaving a convenience store near a McDonalds restaurant.
The local investigators have dismissed the “Burnt Orange” as being the overhang from the McDonalds where the camera was located, and not a vehicle.
THEY ARE WRONG
Oh but we’re just bloggers you say, and they are law enforcement. Both are correct, but that does not make them right and us wrong. After all, they have a vested interest now in refusing to look at this because they’ve closed this case.
THEY ARE WRONG
Look down in the corner of the released image (near the FBI logo) you can see the front windshield gasket and the distinctive rounding. Also, look at the reflection from the top of the car. The reflection IS the roof of the McDonalds.
The “burnt orange” image is THE REFLECTION OF THE ROOF OF THE MCDONALDS on the top of the car. The roof is not the image itself.
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Anyone with ANY information should call local authorities:
Jamisha Gilbert: 434-455-4090
Cassandra Morton: 434-332-9580
Alexis Murphy: 434-263-7050
Samantha Clarke: 540-672-1491 or 540-672-7200
Morgan Harrington: 434-352-3467
Dashad “Sage” Smith: 977-4000
Heather Hodges: 540-483-3000
Bethany Decker: 703-777-1919